National parks are established by the governing bodies of whatever country they happen to be in. In the U.S. that would be the U.S. Congress.
June 28th 1980
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They were established to preserve the scenery! -----When the first park land was set aside by the US government, it was "for public use, resort, and recreation." This was federal land that was given...
The National Parks Service was founded on August 25, 1916, as part of the National Park Service Organic Act.